ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,539, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Instrumented drill bit" was invented by Andrew David Robinson (Cambridge, Great Britain), Timothy McAlinden (Cambridge, Great Britain), Huseyin Murat Panayirci (Cambridge, Great Britain), John George Allen Charlesworth (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Steven G. Villareal (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill bit assembly can include a bit body; sensor circuitry that includes a sensor for acquisition of sensor data; and a blade mountable to the bit body, where the blade includes a sensor circuitry recess for receipt of at least a portion ...